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Challenging 

Facts 


American  Baptist 
Foreign  Mission  Society 
Ford  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 


CHALLENGING  FACTS 


IN  THE  WORK 
OF  THE 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 


<:  Ten missions  are  maintained,  which 
are  located  in  Burma,  Assam,  South 
India,  Bengal-Orissa,  South  China,  East  China, 
West  China,  Japan,  Belgian  Congo  and  the 
Philippine  Islands.  Assistance  is  also  given  to 
the  Baptists  in  Europe.  In  these  ten  fields  there 
are  128  stations  and  3,073  outstations. 

There  are  705  missionaries, 

Missionaries  lndu<hl,4  (W  o(  tW  Wo_ 

man’s  Society.  These  include  ordained  ministers, 
physicians,  teachers,  industrial  and  agricultural 
experts,  business  managers,  printers  and  one  sea 
captain.  They  are  assisted  by  6,378  native  work¬ 
ers.  There  are  also  2,506  workers  in  Europe. 

Evangelism  In  1915  011  a11  fielcls  p^33 

converts  were  baptized.  L/ur- 
ing  the  102  years  of  missionary  work,  328,833 
baptisms  were  reported  in  non-Christian  lands, 
and  284,441  in  Europe,  a  total  of  613,274.  In 
non-Christian  lands  178,441  members  are  en¬ 
rolled  in  1 ,692  regular  Baptist  churches,  of  which 
904,  or  fifty-three  per  cent,  are  self-supporting. 


M  _  Seventy-nine  agencies  for  heal- 

CLIlClllb  .  i  rri 

mg  are  maintained,  i  nese  con¬ 
sist  of  27  hospitals  and  52  dispensaries,  and  are 
in  charge  of  53  medical  missionaries  assisted  by 
143  American  and  native  nurses.  More  than 
94,000  patients  received  medical  and  surgical 
treatment  during  the  past  year. 

There  are  2,403  schools  of  all 
HUULCIUUH  gmgeS)  includi„g  7  colleges, 

27  seminaries  and  training  schools,  with  a  total 
enrolment  of  over  80,000  pupils.  Sunday  schools 
number  2,243,  with  86,000  pupils.  The  mis¬ 
sionaries  have  translated  the  Bible,  in  whole  or 
in  part,  into  over  thirty  dialects  and  languages. 
Three  publication  plants  publish  Bibles,  periodi¬ 
cals  and  other  literature. 

FillcLllCG  Durill&  lJear  °I  organized 

missionary  effort  the  total  receipts 
for  foreign  missions  were  $1,059.  For  the  fiscal 
year  ending  March  31,  1916,  the  total  receipts 
amounted  to  $1,297,299.05,  including  receipts 
to  the  Woman’s  Society. 


The  Challenge  These  facts  present  a  great  challenge  to  evertj  Baptist.  The  responsibility 
O  for  maintaining  this  great  missionary  work  rests  not  upon  the  Society  but 
upon  the  churches  and  individuals  in  the  territory  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention.  The  Society 
is  merely  their  agent  in  advancing  the  Kingdom  of  God  throughout  the  world. 


ThOR  additional  literature  or  otlier 
information  regarding  tke  work 
of  tke  American  Baptist  Foreign 
Mission  Society,  write  to  any  of  tke 
following : 

Tke  nearest  District  Secretary. 

Department  of  Missionary  Educa¬ 
tion,  23  East  26tk  Street,  New 
York  City. 

Literature  Department,  Box  4 1 , 
Boston,  Mass. 


25  25M-8-1-I916 


